One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for intellectual and professional achievement.

Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.

Literature and art are one of a number of relationships I have with the world. Like you have relationships with your friends and a relationship with your lover and your relationship with your family and your relationship with your work - sometimes it's really great; sometimes it's non-existent, sometimes it's fruitful.

There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn't. I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work.

It's nice to go into your doom. It's so liberating.

My parents are both scientists, and I was raised without god.